The HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY thread I mentioned doesn't have any porn in it, it's just a game where people attempt to make that thread appear at the top of Google results when people search for HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY.

You might try something like that: pick a subject that you think will make people click the thread, then, make the goal of the game to have the most views and to make it a top result when people look for that term in Google. People will help you with that and keep it at the top as they did with the HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY thread in its wake.

LOL, I know the real HC is not allowed, and I've been in there. But others wouldn't just "view" the thread...it'd have to be a softer and interesting title. Such as "made you look", this thread's title. Anyways, byeee.

I bet 42 satoshi that the bot was made by faubiguy. Anyone want to take me up on this?

Wow! Nice job patzer, specially considering faubiguy hadn't even posted here when you predicted it was his bot.

Not that difficult. faubiguy has been known to be rather secretive but at the same time giving hints sometimes. (e.g. letting us know he's an anime fan by posting a link to anime music in a music thread; letting us know he's a brony by pasting the title of a popular brony song in the clipboard thread, plus other similar posts) In addition, he had no avatar for a long time, before getting a non-personalized one from the avatar thread (to date his only avatar), and has divulged no personal information- another example of secretiveness.

In addition, he's known as a good programmer (Pole Wars bot; this also shows he's willing to spend time programming for inane games)

And he just feels like the type who likes surprises and pranking, but in a positive way. I'd guess that his Myers-Briggs type is INFJ.

Yeah, it can be rather obvious if you know the person. I was about 90% sure it was faubi.

faubiguy, I hope you didn't mind this impromptu amateur psychoanalysis.

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That's actually even more impressive, borderlining on creepy (if you've been stalking faubiguy, but loses creepiness if you can give such a summary about several other forum members, so it means you just have such a list for players that you know.)

Lol, no stalking required. Just impressions I get from knowing people, not specific to faubiguy. I can see why it could seem creepy though... No lists involved, unless you count the usual memory processes as "listing"!

Other FGers:

Vytron- an interesting person. In his mid-thirties IIRC, he resides in Mexico. Notably, he has a strong sense of the way things should be. If something is against what he feels right, he will feel uncomfortable, though he will usually understand the other person's perspective. He hates being humiliated. (example: when mods exerted authority in the pronoun thread). If his feelings are strong enough, might become emotional and exit unceremoniously. (example: withdrew from Nomaoic following a disagreement with the game mod Snark). He likes logic, and is sometimes good at finding novel ways to reach an answer. (example: Where in the World Antarctica)

Combined, this suggests that he could have Asperger syndrome. Personality type: ISTJ.

Other FGers aren't as regular so I won't be as good at doing them, but here's a try:

Vytron wrote:Thanks for making this game fun faubiguy , will the bot live until this thread overtakes all other threads in the forum in views?

Also, I was creeped out by how much analysis patzer put into his guess.

I don't expect guessing people's personality through text-based interactions would be accurate. People tend to behave differently in person than in the virtual world. For example, I'm pretty fond of debating people on the internet (a habit which I'm trying to break), but I hate debates and arguments in real life.

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patzer wrote:Lol, no stalking required. Just impressions I get from knowing people, not specific to faubiguy. I can see why it could seem creepy though... No lists involved, unless you count the usual memory processes as "listing"!

People leave a lot of information about themselves in each post. The better ones memory the more you pick up about people after a while.

Cradarc wrote:I'm pretty fond of debating people on the internet (a habit which I'm trying to break), but I hate debates and arguments in real life.

Debating is bad? I think it's about doing it civilly, then it's fine. Uncivil debate is upsetting virtually or not.

Well, when I enter debates I usually lose sight of what I'm trying to prove after countering rebuttal after rebuttal. It's horribly time consuming and in retrospect I always realize most of the things said were utter garbage. I think it's more constructive to try to understand the opposing viewpoint instead of protecting your own. If their reasoning is truly flawed, in the effort to make it comprehensible to yourself, you may help the other person see the problem as well. If you understand their logic but you simply disagree with it, then there's really no point in continuing the conversation.

I actually love heavy discussions in real life, but when a person becomes too intent on proving someone else wrong, it inevitably becomes less and less civil.

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